I Will Always Hold You in my Heart

At quiet moments, when alone
I think of you my child full grown
Across the oceans through the stars
In downtown dives and lowlife bars
I cling on to this love of ours

For I will always hold you in my heart.

I never knew how far I'd fall
A poor blind fool who had it all
I threw your simple love away
Too busy living for the day
True happiness for you I pray

For I will always hold you in my heart.

If you put your thoughts of me behind you,
Well that's only right
But sentimentally I hold you
So gently I enfold you- every lonely night
for I hold you in my heart

I sit alone, I never mix
I got myself an instant fix
And through a haze of gin-joint juice
Your loving face I reproduce
Thank God this poison has it's use

For I will always hold you in my heart.

About the Song: This song, from Absolute O'Brien, was written for Richard's first son, Linus. Appearances: Absolute O'Brien (1999) Approximate date of creation: 1998